Creator Spotlight Interview with CAROLINE ARNOLD for Book It!

Pizza Hut has a program that promotes books and reading called Book It!, a free reading incentive program for PreK-6th grade classrooms, parents and homeschool families.

PLANTING A GARDEN IN ROOM 6: From Seeds to Salad is being featured this month at Book It! along with two other books celebrating new growth. I am in the Creator Spotlight for March. Check out the short video linked at the end of the interview to find out how to grow a bean in a cup.

Creator Spotlight Interview with CAROLINE ARNOLD for Book It!:

I never thought I would be an author when I was growing up, but I loved to read. When I was in the fifth grade I tried to read all the books in the library!

I began to write when my children were small. At the time, we had a big vegetable garden behind our house.  As we dug up the dirt for planting we saw wiggly worms. That gave me an idea for one of my first stories. Since then I have written 170 books for children, including my newest book about kindergarten children planting a school garden.

Writing a book is a little bit like growing a garden--planting the seed of an idea; nurturing it so it can reach its full potential; weeding to make sure it has room to grow; pruning when necessary to focus growth on the main stalk; and finally, harvesting the finished product and sharing it with others.

My favorite part of being an author is when the book is finished and I can hold it in my hand. I hope that as you turn the pages of my books you will learn something that you never knew before, just as I do every time I research and write a new book.

This VIDEO shows a project in my book--how you can grow a bean in a cup.